Foundation of Green IT: Consolidation, Virtualization, Efficiency, and ROI in the Data Center

“This book comprehensively discusses design considerations for the truly energy efficient data center.”

Scott Davis, Chief Data Center Architect, Office of the CTO, VMware, Inc.

This Book Isn’t About “Evangelizing” Green It:

It’s About Getting Down in the Trenches and Making It Work

In Foundations of Green IT, a team of leading Green IT consultants presents the detailed technical information data center professionals need to systematically identify the right improvements, implement them, maximize savings, and accurately calculate business value.

Marty Poniatowski and his team present comprehensive case studies reflecting their unsurpassed Green IT experience, complete with detailed implementation diagrams and performance information. You’ll find independent, detailed coverage of solutions from HP, VMware, EMC, Cisco, and other leading vendors, with optimized sample designs and realistic ROI projections. Whether you’re a CIO or IT director, architect or administrator, if you want to improve IT efficiency, this is your definitive resource.

Three comprehensive, start-to-finish case studies

Analyze current environments, set goals, define implementation plans, and calculate ROI for:

• Server and desktop consolidation and virtualization
• Data center backup/recovery/archiving, including replication
• Networking, including VoIP background

Plus practical coverage of these Green IT topics:

• Designing data centers for greater efficiency and lower power usage
• Leveraging cloud computing
• Consolidating Microsoft SQL Server instances
• Reducing PC-related power usage and waste

About CDI, the company behind this book:

This book was written collaboratively by many CDI technical experts, led by Marty Poniatowski. CDI is an infrastructure services firm with practices focusing on virtualization, storage, networking, data center design, and other ”green” services. It has clients in all industries, notably financial services, pharmaceuticals, and healthcare.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Existing Server Environment: “The Old Way”
Chapter 2 Existing Server Environment Analysis with Capacity Planner
Chapter 3 The Virtualized Server Environment
Chapter 4 Server ROI Analysis
Chapter 5 Virtual Server Implementation Plan
Chapter 6 Desktop Virtualization
Chapter 7 The Existing Backup and Recovery Environment
Chapter 8 Existing Backup and Recovery Analysis with Backup Assessment
Chapter 9 The Enhanced Backup and Recovery Solution
Chapter 10 Backup, Recovery, and Archive ROI Analysis
Chapter 11 Data Replication and Disk Technology Advancements
Chapter 12 The Existing Network Environment with Enhancements
Chapter 13 Existing Network Analysis with Discovery
Chapter 14 Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)
Chapter 15 SQL Server Consolidation to Achieve Green Results
Chapter 16 The Green Data Center
Chapter 17 Cloud Computing
Chapter 18 Simple Power Savings and Other Green Tips
Chapter 19 Managed Services: Remote Monitoring